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the kind of love that a desmond tutu, a nelson mandela, a steven beco, helping to create a south africa with the possibility of being a land for all. obviously, if dr. martin luther king -- francis of asisi, i would say the holy father himself. that's the kind -- the way of love that is a transformational way that -- gosh, that h made a difference in human life and civization whenever a change for good has happened. it's been people motivated and passionate about a way of love that was bigger than self. >> you mentioned the holy father, pope francis. will mention him. your church, the episcopal is a big campaigner for civil rights, human rights, as you are. it has had a female presiding bishop before you. it's one of only two angrily li churches that permit gay in their churches. a lot of the world is reacting to something a victim of sexual abuse in chile said that he had a conversation with pope francis. this person said, this guy, the -- pope frances said to him, god made you like this, god loves you like this. i wonder what you think of that given that the catholic church believes t
the kind of love that a desmond tutu, a nelson mandela, a steven beco, helping to create a south africa with the possibility of being a land for all. obviously, if dr. martin luther king -- francis of asisi, i would say the holy father himself. that's the kind -- the way of love that is a transformational way that -- gosh, that h made a difference in human life and civization whenever a change for good has happened. it's been people motivated and passionate about a way of love that was bigger...
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i'm not gandhi or mandela. >> you've got to give him 10 on 10 for being frank. >> it's amazing. it's there for all to see he's effectively the king. >> the question is are his motives -- or rather the execution of his plans -- totally thought out. you can say one thing about domestic with all its pros and cons but look at this terrible war in yemen. again, the obsession with iran and the iranian-back ed houthis. this is the worst humanitarian situation on the planet right now and there's no sense they're going to stop and the u.s. is backing him. >> yes. yemen is a perfect example of that. it's -- you -- he punched really hard but he didn't really think about what was going to happen after and so they're dropping bombs on yemen. as you say it's a humanitarian catastrophe. there's phenomenon in yemen, there's cholera in yemen affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of people. it's a catastrophe that they didn't think it through. and somebody told me that which is an american i know who knows mbs very well and who sees him regular said he felt like he had to do something. and
i'm not gandhi or mandela. >> you've got to give him 10 on 10 for being frank. >> it's amazing. it's there for all to see he's effectively the king. >> the question is are his motives -- or rather the execution of his plans -- totally thought out. you can say one thing about domestic with all its pros and cons but look at this terrible war in yemen. again, the obsession with iran and the iranian-back ed houthis. this is the worst humanitarian situation on the planet right now...
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and i, having worked with nelson mandela, want to take his dream forward. i'm determined to do so. >> mr. ramanpoza you will know better than i that many in the world and your country believe that your current president jacob zuma has been a leader in soiling that legacy of nelson mandela. there is a lot of talk right now about you replacing him, you taking over in some way even before the 2019 election. what can you tell us about that? >> well, right now, we've got me as president of the anc, and president zuma as president of the republican. our constitution is designed in a way where he still has 18 months to go. but in the anc we've all agreed, the national executive committecommitte committee, that we are now in a transitional period. and this transitional period dictates that we should navigate through this transition very carefully, and delicately. we've been given the mandate to engage with president mandela -- >> president zuma? >> with president zuma. what am i saying? to engage in discussions with him, and looking at a variety of options. one of
and i, having worked with nelson mandela, want to take his dream forward. i'm determined to do so. >> mr. ramanpoza you will know better than i that many in the world and your country believe that your current president jacob zuma has been a leader in soiling that legacy of nelson mandela. there is a lot of talk right now about you replacing him, you taking over in some way even before the 2019 election. what can you tell us about that? >> well, right now, we've got me as president...
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. >> because of mandela. >> because of mandela. yeah. give me another the impossible question. if i were to ask you the range of how long you typically have to work on a song to get it right, is that like -- does it sometimes happen when you get it, you nail it in ten minutes or it takes ten weeks -- what is the range? >> yeah, i don't know what -- >> what is the faster you have written a song you love? it came out like that? >> let me think. the fastest song because we had to do it, they told us on a friday and they were recording it on monday, was "it might be you" for tootsy. >> no, no, hold up. hold up. wait a minute. it might be you was written over a weekend? >> no, we wrote it -- dave gruesome had the melody and he gave it to us on a friday and they recorded it on monday. >> you mean -- ♪ something's telling me it might be -- ♪ >> yeah. >> you should is stick with it. you might make something of yourself. >> i want to tell you another the story. a fast story. there is a song that streisand singses
. >> because of mandela. >> because of mandela. yeah. give me another the impossible question. if i were to ask you the range of how long you typically have to work on a song to get it right, is that like -- does it sometimes happen when you get it, you nail it in ten minutes or it takes ten weeks -- what is the range? >> yeah, i don't know what -- >> what is the faster you have written a song you love? it came out like that? >> let me think. the fastest song...
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mandela coming out of prison, the oslo peace process, i saw a great advance of what we call liberalism, not walter mondale liberalism, john lachman liberalism, the idea that a free conversation, free trade, free movement of people, global democracy. it's just on the advance, now since, starting in yugoslavia, but since, it's in retreat. it started in retreat in the '90s with some of the factual fighting and then the decline of democracies around the world and now with our own shores, sometimes an assault on democracy, a talent for authoritarian. >> glor: and now the habits of liberalism, respecting truth, having open conversation whether on campus or the campaign trail, so it seems to be in retreat in a crisis, and populists are people who decided that system of openness ain't working for me. and i don't approve to have the the open immigration, i don't approve of open trade, global immigration, i don't approve of people who could live anywhere, who look down on me when i'm rooted here in my specific land and they're rebelling all around the world. >> rose: you used the expression ther
mandela coming out of prison, the oslo peace process, i saw a great advance of what we call liberalism, not walter mondale liberalism, john lachman liberalism, the idea that a free conversation, free trade, free movement of people, global democracy. it's just on the advance, now since, starting in yugoslavia, but since, it's in retreat. it started in retreat in the '90s with some of the factual fighting and then the decline of democracies around the world and now with our own shores, sometimes...
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. >> it's almost -- i felt the same about mandela. >> yeah. >> when mandela died, everybody at the funeral, all these heads of state and everybody, what a great president, what a great man he was, this, that, and the other. nobody wanted to go back to the anc years. they wanted to reflect on his time as president. he came out of prison. you can't -- you can't tame people that way. and the story who've they are is a full and complete story which you cover in this text. so i was never comfortable -- i was happy to see people love on ali. >> right. >> it's like you love him now because he's shaking and can't talk. >> i agree. it's safe -- and you know, stanley crouch has a great line, he says ali in the '60s was a grizzly bear, wild, uncontrollable. in the '70s, like a circus bear. still dangerous but entertaining. after the olympic torch, he becomes a ted bear. we want to hug -- a teddy bear. we want to hug him. >> stanley can turn a phrase. beautifully put. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you mention ali and -- as not being a good ceo. did you get a chance to calculate how much money you think ali mad
. >> it's almost -- i felt the same about mandela. >> yeah. >> when mandela died, everybody at the funeral, all these heads of state and everybody, what a great president, what a great man he was, this, that, and the other. nobody wanted to go back to the anc years. they wanted to reflect on his time as president. he came out of prison. you can't -- you can't tame people that way. and the story who've they are is a full and complete story which you cover in this text. so i was...
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king put love in the public square, and mandela, bobby kennedy came around, putting love in the public square. tell me how you would imagine that working these days. and i ask that because people are so cynical nowadays. that if you know you're going to put love in the public square, and you going to be pushed back on or laughed at, how do you process that? crucify, how do you find the courage to do that? >> well, that's part of our faith. the first thing is the faith to have faith in the midst of so much despair. it is to make a clear decision, whether or not i'm going to be a priest of the empire or prophet to the nation. and the movement is going to be priest to the power prophets to the nation. what i have seen, tavis, is that i think about the minority movement. people said to us, even atheists would come and they would say we don't necessarily believe in religious faith, but something about this sounds right. i'm here because the constitution morality starts with the establishment of justice. taking people's health care is not just. taking the right to a living wage is not just.
king put love in the public square, and mandela, bobby kennedy came around, putting love in the public square. tell me how you would imagine that working these days. and i ask that because people are so cynical nowadays. that if you know you're going to put love in the public square, and you going to be pushed back on or laughed at, how do you process that? crucify, how do you find the courage to do that? >> well, that's part of our faith. the first thing is the faith to have faith in the...
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. >> rose: and you also paid tribute to nelson mandela for this idea that it's not so much -- what's more important in life is the capacity to get up when you fall because you will inevitably fall. >> that is the quote that i start with in the book, yeah. i had that in my mind as i was writing the book, i mean, i love reading and i know that when you open a book there's either a quote or a passage and a dedication and, so, i thought every page of that book would be important, and i remember exactly where i contributed to each page. >> rose: how much does all the attention, all the recognition, all the time you spend on branding and the companies you have, how much time does that take away from the betterment of your tennis game? >> i wouldn't say it takes away i think it gives me a chance to step back and do things that are different to what i do. because when you're in your world which for me is an athlete's world, a tennis player's world, you're so -- you're in this bubble, you're always around the same people. you know your team. and you really get out of it. it's great in so many
. >> rose: and you also paid tribute to nelson mandela for this idea that it's not so much -- what's more important in life is the capacity to get up when you fall because you will inevitably fall. >> that is the quote that i start with in the book, yeah. i had that in my mind as i was writing the book, i mean, i love reading and i know that when you open a book there's either a quote or a passage and a dedication and, so, i thought every page of that book would be important, and i...
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i'm talking to mandela. you have had this incredible career and now legacy of interviews that are forever archived, too. they are extraordinary. and for me it is like i'm in "star wars" or i'm with my dad at the academy awards or with my mother and she is being honored. all of the things that i get to do in my life that feel like i'm pinching myself. i remember as a kid watching my parents when i'm at home with my grandma doing what they love. now i get to be in part of this community that they introduced me to of film that i am madly in love with. >> i promised you i wouldn't raise this. i lied. i know i lied. and i premise this by saying i know that you cannot talk about this but fits into this conversation because you did not say anything else anyway. if you start out by saying all i can say to you is -- >> i got you with a couple of articles where there are a number of people in this town and there are a number of high profile people saying you ought to consider running for the academy. i know you are no
i'm talking to mandela. you have had this incredible career and now legacy of interviews that are forever archived, too. they are extraordinary. and for me it is like i'm in "star wars" or i'm with my dad at the academy awards or with my mother and she is being honored. all of the things that i get to do in my life that feel like i'm pinching myself. i remember as a kid watching my parents when i'm at home with my grandma doing what they love. now i get to be in part of this community...
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he said, "he's a little bit like nelson mandela." i said, "what?" that would be the most implausible thing. he said this is a man who is emotionally very secure, who has been through much trauma and is determined to do whatever he gets to do. >> rose: and he's married to a general who happens to also be a singer. >> absolutely. and one of the brilliant strokes in president trump in his "art of the show" at the mar-a-largo summit that a lot of people missed. he had the daughter of ivanka come out and said,iment" to you meet my granddaughter." and she-- she's five years old-- she sang in mandarin-- in mandarin-- the song called "jazz man," which is a signature song of xi jinping's wife. so they thought they had come to hollywood or heaven. >> rose: congratulations. let me just finally ask you, dor between the u.s. and china? >> well, over what period? >> rose: between now and 2050. >> i would say the odds are much larger than anybody in washington imagines, much larger. how large? i wouldn't make it-- not less than 25%. because i hope-- i mean, there'
he said, "he's a little bit like nelson mandela." i said, "what?" that would be the most implausible thing. he said this is a man who is emotionally very secure, who has been through much trauma and is determined to do whatever he gets to do. >> rose: and he's married to a general who happens to also be a singer. >> absolutely. and one of the brilliant strokes in president trump in his "art of the show" at the mar-a-largo summit that a lot of people...
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got to prison, i started writing and so as to maintain my own mental health, i decided to use nelson mandela as a model. >> not a bad model. >> not a bad model. >> not a bad model. >> here's a guy who was in solitary confinement for more than 30 years. now, that's identified as a form of torture by the united nations. and he came out and what did he do? he forgave everybody. so i decided, i have to look at this as water under the bridge. i can't change it. it's done. it's in the past. i have to -- i have to rebuild my life and look forward. with that said, i think that we need to talk as a country about what the fbi does to people. one of the wonderful things about working for the senate foreign relations committee is you get to have lunch with foreign diplomats all the time. and, you know, i just love talking about middle eastern politics and the middle east peace process and whatever. i got a call from a japanese diplomat inviting me to lunch one day. i went to lunch. i remember that lunch being delightful. and at the end of it, he said to me, so what's next for you? i said, well, i think
got to prison, i started writing and so as to maintain my own mental health, i decided to use nelson mandela as a model. >> not a bad model. >> not a bad model. >> not a bad model. >> here's a guy who was in solitary confinement for more than 30 years. now, that's identified as a form of torture by the united nations. and he came out and what did he do? he forgave everybody. so i decided, i have to look at this as water under the bridge. i can't change it. it's done....
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mandela left prison and you were 10 when he became president. do you remember? >> i remember. it's funny, i remember those moments more than some of my life stories. madiba. that was wow. that was an entire country just jubilant. an entire nation feeling a change. it wasn't man being freed. it was a nation being freed. even as a kid watching it on tv and seeing the footage of him waving and driving through the streets. you and your parents are cheering in living rooms. you know that man meant everybody was free. and every single black person in the township felt the magic in the air. it was like i guess when i watch the footage of the o.j. verdict, but with no downside. >> i was wondering where you were going with that. >> it was that feeling. that's the only thing i can complain. imagine everyone feeling it. when 1994 came around, the first democratic election to see people embrace an election. lines stretched hundreds of miles. people who never cast a ballot for the first time. i didn't know what was going on. i know how proud people were to have the ink on their fingers to
mandela left prison and you were 10 when he became president. do you remember? >> i remember. it's funny, i remember those moments more than some of my life stories. madiba. that was wow. that was an entire country just jubilant. an entire nation feeling a change. it wasn't man being freed. it was a nation being freed. even as a kid watching it on tv and seeing the footage of him waving and driving through the streets. you and your parents are cheering in living rooms. you know that man...
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i'm talking to mandela. i'm talking to an actor. you had this incredible career and now legacy of interviews that are forever archived, too, that are extraordinary and for me, it's like i'm in "star wars" or with my dad at the academy awards and he's being honored. you know, all the things that i get to do in my life that feel like i'm pinching myself because i remember the kid watching my parents and i'm little at home with my grandma doing what they love and now i get to be in part of this community that they introduced me to, a film i'm madly in love with. >> i promised i wouldn't raise. i preface this by saying i know you can't talk about this. you haven't said anything else anyway. if you start out by saying all i can say is i'll except that. >> okay. >> i was reading an article. i read a couple where there are a number of people in this town. head of the academy is not running again and there are a number of people in this town, number of high profile people saying laura dern ought to consider running for the academy. that mus
i'm talking to mandela. i'm talking to an actor. you had this incredible career and now legacy of interviews that are forever archived, too, that are extraordinary and for me, it's like i'm in "star wars" or with my dad at the academy awards and he's being honored. you know, all the things that i get to do in my life that feel like i'm pinching myself because i remember the kid watching my parents and i'm little at home with my grandma doing what they love and now i get to be in part...
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so that when we see an example like nelson mandela, it just blows us away. >> yes. >> not that we're not capable of that same kind of forgiveness in our own lives, but we just practice that emotion, that character trait doesn't reside in us in the way that it should, so that when we see it again, it just blows us away, it floors us, wow, can you believe the way he forgave, she forgave? what have you learned about forgiveness? >> i mean -- for me to forgive, i had to go deep. because it's something that's not taught in our society. but a burden in forgiving is lifted from me and out of me. so i'm not so much forgiving for the other person -- >> as you are for yourself. >> as i am for myself. i don't need to walk around holding a heavy burden because of what someone's done. i need to forgive. i need to let go. none of us are perfect human beings. we all make mistakes. but i want to live. i want to love. and if the burden of unforgiveness, the -- how would you say, the vengeance, you know, that we carry for ret ra buti retribution. i don't need to go back and make you pay for anything,
so that when we see an example like nelson mandela, it just blows us away. >> yes. >> not that we're not capable of that same kind of forgiveness in our own lives, but we just practice that emotion, that character trait doesn't reside in us in the way that it should, so that when we see it again, it just blows us away, it floors us, wow, can you believe the way he forgave, she forgave? what have you learned about forgiveness? >> i mean -- for me to forgive, i had to go deep....
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i am not the man between nelson mandela and the pope and i'm not the most despised man in america. but you can't have that turn praund fast and not ask yourself, wait a minute, wait a minute. who am i? a lot of people are saying this about me. is that who i am? what is causing them to say that? that takes a toll. it is one of the things concerns me about our president. he doesn't seem to have moments of reflection. in fact, he said at one point in an interview that he didn't like to reflect. he didn't like time to think because he regrets too much. that maybe is something that he should do more often. it is something that all of us should do more often. >> what have you learned about the notion of introspection? >> oh, that silence strool golden. that anything said in haste is usually a mistake. that when you take time to really listen and assume the best of someone, not assume the worst of someone, your entire count nance and your entire view of the situation may just change. >> i agree with you and i try to live my life as such. no matter who i'm dealing with, i try to find and t
i am not the man between nelson mandela and the pope and i'm not the most despised man in america. but you can't have that turn praund fast and not ask yourself, wait a minute, wait a minute. who am i? a lot of people are saying this about me. is that who i am? what is causing them to say that? that takes a toll. it is one of the things concerns me about our president. he doesn't seem to have moments of reflection. in fact, he said at one point in an interview that he didn't like to reflect. he...
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mandela while he was in prison. i got to be aware of him by my mentor and the man i most admired and still do, paul rosen. paul rosen is very close to king matuli who was a leader against the apartheid system in the early days of its presence. in south africa. and he was the first black man to ever receive the nobel prize. looking at south africa from that prison i became to become more aware of what the african national, anc was doing, and what its leadership was aspiring to, to make decisions that would help us support the struggle that the people of south africa were experiencing and resisting apartheid. >> it is one thing to work along side dr. king as you did so courageously, but with regard to mandela, for 27 years, certainly he was behind bars. what do you recall more principally about working along side one of the leaders of this movement to end apartheid when he himself for most of that time was behind bars? >> it was a very touching and a very exciting and rewarding experience. often i went to vice mant by
mandela while he was in prison. i got to be aware of him by my mentor and the man i most admired and still do, paul rosen. paul rosen is very close to king matuli who was a leader against the apartheid system in the early days of its presence. in south africa. and he was the first black man to ever receive the nobel prize. looking at south africa from that prison i became to become more aware of what the african national, anc was doing, and what its leadership was aspiring to, to make decisions...
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think of hungary, poland, the philippines, post-mandela south africa. you see there's less freedom of the press. the judiciary is more corrupt. elections don't stop -- it's not like putin's russia. they don't murder people. they don't even usually wrongfully arrest people. they use a lot of deceit and corruption and make political checks and balances less meaningful. that's the future i fear for the united states under donald trump. >> i guess the question tonight is whether or not in the era of trump we are going to become -- he will force us to become, coerce us to become better citizens. yes, no? >> that's such an important question. i'm not going to make a prediction. i'm going to offer encouragement. one of the things that -- i keep saying in the article, people may remember the story of ebenezer scrooge, "the christmas carol." when he sees the ghost of christmas future, he asks, are you the vision of things that will be or of things that could be? the ghost never answers. this is just a future. you can choose your own. you look at a lot of the gro
think of hungary, poland, the philippines, post-mandela south africa. you see there's less freedom of the press. the judiciary is more corrupt. elections don't stop -- it's not like putin's russia. they don't murder people. they don't even usually wrongfully arrest people. they use a lot of deceit and corruption and make political checks and balances less meaningful. that's the future i fear for the united states under donald trump. >> i guess the question tonight is whether or not in the...
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mandela changed. gandhi changed. all the great leaders, ♪ >> narrator: in february last year, pope benedict stunned the world by being the first pope to resign in 600 years. >> no person has had more influence on the life of the church, how it works on the inside, than joseph ratzinger. and he gave it up. >> narrator: when the helicopter took him away, benedict was leaving behind a bitterly divided vatican. this is the inside story of the events that undermined his papacy. it's a story of corruption and cover-up. >> if i don't get a response from you, i'll go public.
mandela changed. gandhi changed. all the great leaders, ♪ >> narrator: in february last year, pope benedict stunned the world by being the first pope to resign in 600 years. >> no person has had more influence on the life of the church, how it works on the inside, than joseph ratzinger. and he gave it up. >> narrator: when the helicopter took him away, benedict was leaving behind a bitterly divided vatican. this is the inside story of the events that undermined his papacy....
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one was for mandela's funeral. he is sort of making up for lost time and in the laugh 18 months of the presidency he -- last 18 months he is not going to be worried about people in america making fun of him for actually supposedly having been born in kenya. that is all in the past and it is silly. >> $73 billion in trade is peanuts as far as united states of america is concerned. but heavens we have more than a $300 billion trade deficit with china alone. john: what is your figure? >> $73 billion. john: $140 billion a year. african chinese trade was $200 billion a year. that may change substantially. >> the united states trade with the european union. >> presidents looking to the longer term. eleanor: looking for the big project. john: the african-u.s. amounts to $73 billion a year. mort: that is what i said. john: in ethiopia same sex relationships are subject to prison. should he speak out on gay rights? yes or who? >> if you press the issue he will get a backlash. eleanor: he will speak about human rights and ma
one was for mandela's funeral. he is sort of making up for lost time and in the laugh 18 months of the presidency he -- last 18 months he is not going to be worried about people in america making fun of him for actually supposedly having been born in kenya. that is all in the past and it is silly. >> $73 billion in trade is peanuts as far as united states of america is concerned. but heavens we have more than a $300 billion trade deficit with china alone. john: what is your figure?...
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they shook hands briefly in september of 2013 when both in south africa for nelson mandela's funeral. this will be the first time they're together since they announced the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations in december. one of the issues cuba's inclusion on the state sponsored terrorism. removing cuba one of the changes to pave the way for reopening of embassies that have been shut for 54 years and make it easy for banks around the world to do certain kinds of financial transactions with the sanctioned island and just last night, the state department officially recommended removing cuba from the list. it's been on the list since 1982 one that provided sanctuary to mark rubls and members of ata a vast separatist movement in spain. others iran sudan and syria. raul castro is the first cuban leader to attend the summit of the americas because the u.s. has historically opposed a castro attending the event. we are already seeing changes and hemisphere. michelle caruso-cabrera for "nightly business report." >> one person a long supporter of improving relations with cuba is hillary
they shook hands briefly in september of 2013 when both in south africa for nelson mandela's funeral. this will be the first time they're together since they announced the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations in december. one of the issues cuba's inclusion on the state sponsored terrorism. removing cuba one of the changes to pave the way for reopening of embassies that have been shut for 54 years and make it easy for banks around the world to do certain kinds of financial transactions...
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whether we met nelson mandela, he said, "i heard that song on robin island." there's something -- the context of what we were experiencing. people say, well, what kept you together. you look at the results of these things or -- for instance, in l.a., we do something called survival sunday to stop these nukes being put -- like on the san andreas fault. >> that's right. >> diablo canyon. when you say, look, this has a result, they stopped that from going on line. or if you read in robert mcmaaimcm mcnamara's book about the march on washington, you say, of course they went. on they got all this encouragement. there was evidence we were going forward. meantime, we go from the time in the civil rights move. when we -- we marched with martin luther king. we -- if you were a person of color, you couldn't use in our nation's capitol a published bathroom unless it -- ist said "colored only." and there was lynching. now the races in this country, profound and horrific, for young black men. but what progress we've made. i was just asked thatment you know, well, did you d
whether we met nelson mandela, he said, "i heard that song on robin island." there's something -- the context of what we were experiencing. people say, well, what kept you together. you look at the results of these things or -- for instance, in l.a., we do something called survival sunday to stop these nukes being put -- like on the san andreas fault. >> that's right. >> diablo canyon. when you say, look, this has a result, they stopped that from going on line. or if you...
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mandela was striving to advocate for, to say we have to get access for my people. they're dying like flies, and they were. talking about ebola now. and i'm going back because i've had experience of human pandemic. and in the face of aids, it is so difficult because that is a sexually transmitted disease. nobody wants to acknowledge it. very challenging. i saw how women and children were being so badly affected. and as a mother myself with my children, i said, that's such injustice. and the women have no voice, and i just wanted to make my contribution as a woman. and i thought gender's a great leveler. we talk about race and different races and skin color and all of these things and bigotry and hatred and so many differentiations. and the beautiful thing, two things for me, i'm a musician, music, the great connector. doesn't matter about skin color, doesn't matter about culture, no. music will connect all of us. the other thing is gender. the feminine gender. we can connect through feminine gender and try to empower that way. >> i feel the power of your passion tha
mandela was striving to advocate for, to say we have to get access for my people. they're dying like flies, and they were. talking about ebola now. and i'm going back because i've had experience of human pandemic. and in the face of aids, it is so difficult because that is a sexually transmitted disease. nobody wants to acknowledge it. very challenging. i saw how women and children were being so badly affected. and as a mother myself with my children, i said, that's such injustice. and the...
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and when we met nelson mandela, he said he heard that song. so there's something, the context of what we were experiencing. and people say, what kept you together? well, you look at the results of each of these things, for instance, right here in l.a., we did something called survival sunday to stop these nukes being put on the san andreas fault. and if you read robert mcnamara's book about the response to the march on washington which we performed in 1969 for half a million people. all of a sudden you say, well, of course they went. they had all this encouragement. it was evidenced that we were going forward. we go from the time when in the civil rights movement when we marched with martin luther king, we, if you were a person of color, you couldn't use, in our nation's capital, a public bathroom unless it said "for colored only", and there was a lynching every three days, now, look what's happened. the racism in this country profound and horrific for young black men. but what progress we made. i was just being asked that, you know. well, did
and when we met nelson mandela, he said he heard that song. so there's something, the context of what we were experiencing. and people say, what kept you together? well, you look at the results of each of these things, for instance, right here in l.a., we did something called survival sunday to stop these nukes being put on the san andreas fault. and if you read robert mcnamara's book about the response to the march on washington which we performed in 1969 for half a million people. all of a...
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to launch nelson mandela's 4664 hiv and aids foundation. it was to become a turning point in my life. through 466 i had the opportunity to witness the south african aids pandemic in the face. you know, we were taking -- all the artists were taken to township, hospitals, clinics, people's homes. we saw the pandemic that nobody was talking about, and mandela was striving to advocate for to say we have to get access to treatment for my people because they're dying like flies. and they were. i mean, we're talking about ebola now. i'm going back because i've had experience of human pandemic, and in the face of aids, it is so difficult because that is a sexually transmitted disease. nobody wants to acknowledge it. you know, very, very challenging. so i saw how women and children were being so badly affected, and as a mother myself with children, i thought that's such injustice. the women have no voice. and i just wanted to make my contribution as a woman. and i thought gender's a great leveler. you know, we talk about race and different races and
to launch nelson mandela's 4664 hiv and aids foundation. it was to become a turning point in my life. through 466 i had the opportunity to witness the south african aids pandemic in the face. you know, we were taking -- all the artists were taken to township, hospitals, clinics, people's homes. we saw the pandemic that nobody was talking about, and mandela was striving to advocate for to say we have to get access to treatment for my people because they're dying like flies. and they were. i...
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for me, it's like having maya angelou or nelson mandela give me a big loud, yes. that's how it feels. i know who you are. yeah. >> how did you were reflecting a moment ago, how did and how does, all these years later, how does that spiritual, church, god, influence in your life as a kid in milwaukee, how does it express itself in your artistry today? >> it's the message. u4÷ saying a moment ago, we sang songs in church and sometimes it became just singing the words. it's in the message. the epic, the epic, the epic of jesus. study it. study it and know how he spoke to the poor, to the sick, to those who were marginalized. we are a nation that has that at our roots. i have it in my family. it's something that people were drawn to because it spoke to so many of us. you know, i mean we've experienced a little class that's gotten rich, you know, so to speak. kind of forgotten the foundation and the fabric that kept us together as we struggled through this and helped each other. it was the epic of jesus. love each other, take care of each other. that's the job, love a
for me, it's like having maya angelou or nelson mandela give me a big loud, yes. that's how it feels. i know who you are. yeah. >> how did you were reflecting a moment ago, how did and how does, all these years later, how does that spiritual, church, god, influence in your life as a kid in milwaukee, how does it express itself in your artistry today? >> it's the message. u4÷ saying a moment ago, we sang songs in church and sometimes it became just singing the words. it's in the...
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. >> mandela. >> mandela. that extends to everything he does. his name is a-l-o-e b-l-a-c-c. "lift your spirit." as he performed "the man" from the new cd, good night, good to have you on this ram. you have a great career in front of you. i'm glad i met you at the beginning of it. you're going to keep soaring, though. you're the man. thanks for watching. enjoy this performance. as always, keep the faith. ♪ you can tell everybody yeah you can tell everybody ♪ go ahead and tell everybody i'm the man i'm the man i'm the man ♪ ♪ yes i am yes i am yes i am ♪ i'm the man i'm the man i'm the man ♪ ♪ i believe every lie that i ever told paid for every heart that i ever stole ♪ ♪ i played my cards and i didn't fold ♪ ♪ well it ain't that hard when you got so old ♪ ♪ this is my world somewhere i heard that life is a test ♪ ♪ i've been through the worst but i still get my rest ♪ ♪ god made my mold different from the rest ♪ ♪ then he broke that mold so i know i'm blessed ♪ ♪ this is my world ♪ stand up now and face the sun ♪ ♪ turn tail and
. >> mandela. >> mandela. that extends to everything he does. his name is a-l-o-e b-l-a-c-c. "lift your spirit." as he performed "the man" from the new cd, good night, good to have you on this ram. you have a great career in front of you. i'm glad i met you at the beginning of it. you're going to keep soaring, though. you're the man. thanks for watching. enjoy this performance. as always, keep the faith. ♪ you can tell everybody yeah you can tell everybody ♪...
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how crazy was this bogus sign language guy at mandela? how crazy was that? >> it was insane. he was embarrassing. the bottom line was that i felt for the people of south africa who were unable to understand. the word so excited to participate in the funeral of this -- they were so excited to participate in the funeral of yet to be duped by this fake interpreter probably is the worst they that could happen to them. they were robbed of all these unitary. a were robbed. that will never happen again. >> great to have been in ofversation with the mother app.-- got her own the show is called switched at birth. congratulations. great to have you on the program. this is jack. >> she is prettier to look at. tavis: i like your shoes. nice to have you on. that's our show for tonight. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation about what is in environmentalist and earl klugh. that's next time. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from
how crazy was this bogus sign language guy at mandela? how crazy was that? >> it was insane. he was embarrassing. the bottom line was that i felt for the people of south africa who were unable to understand. the word so excited to participate in the funeral of this -- they were so excited to participate in the funeral of yet to be duped by this fake interpreter probably is the worst they that could happen to them. they were robbed of all these unitary. a were robbed. that will never...
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only four months after his release from prison, nelson mandela came to california to say thank you to americans who kept up the economic pressure. with me now are two people who are leaders of this new divestment movement. ellen dorsey is executive director of the wallace global fund and a catalyst in the coalition of seventeen foundations known as divest-invest philanthropy. its members have agreed to pull out of fossil fuel stocks and invest in companies committed to climate change solutions. thomas van dyck, a self-described child of corporate america, was so convinced of the power of socially responsible investing that he's made a career out of it. he's now senior vice president, financial adviser of rbc wealth management, and board chair of as you sow, that's a shareholder advocacy foundation. welcome to both of you. >> thank you for having us. >> skeptics say your campaign to divest is a flea on the tail of an elephant, a nuisance to the fossil fuel industry, but no real threat. how do you respond to that? >> frankly, four years ago, i was incredibly pessimistic that we could ha
only four months after his release from prison, nelson mandela came to california to say thank you to americans who kept up the economic pressure. with me now are two people who are leaders of this new divestment movement. ellen dorsey is executive director of the wallace global fund and a catalyst in the coalition of seventeen foundations known as divest-invest philanthropy. its members have agreed to pull out of fossil fuel stocks and invest in companies committed to climate change solutions....
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how crazy was this bogus sign language guy at the mandela -- how crazy was that? >> it was insane. he was embarrassing. listen, the bottom line was that i felt for the people of south africa, the deaf people who were unable to understand him. they were so excited to be able to participate in the funeral of this great man and his celebrate the life of mandela. yet to be duped by this fake interpreter is probably the worst thing that could have happened to them. they were robbed of the beauty of the service. they were robbed of all of those dignitaries who were speaking on mandela's life. they were robbed. they were robbed. hopefully that will never happen again. tavis: a terrific conversation tonight with academy award winner and golden globes winner, emmy nominee, mother of four, got her own app, our friend marlee matlin. the show is called "switched at birth". it is on the abc family network. congratulations and great to have you on the program. >> thank you very much. tavis: and i should introduce you. this is jack. rex that is ok. marlee says she is prettier to look at anyways.
how crazy was this bogus sign language guy at the mandela -- how crazy was that? >> it was insane. he was embarrassing. listen, the bottom line was that i felt for the people of south africa, the deaf people who were unable to understand him. they were so excited to be able to participate in the funeral of this great man and his celebrate the life of mandela. yet to be duped by this fake interpreter is probably the worst thing that could have happened to them. they were robbed of the...
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well, it was mandela's great accomplice, desmond tutu, who helped launch this new divestment effort. he said in this great video, he said, if you could see what climate change is doing to africa, the famine, the drought, you'd know why we'd ask you to pick up this tool again. africa is suffering unbelievable damage. africa burns less than one percent of the planet's fossil fuel. even if they turned off every engine and every light bulb and every other thing in africa, it wouldn't make any difference. we need to take responsibility. and the people at institutions like universities, they need to provide some leadership. those are the places where we've learned about, you know, the danger that we're in. >> you're up against a wall of apathy, hostile opposition, money, power, and time, as you say. >> i find as i travel around, that most people understand that we're in a serious fix. 80% of american counties have had some kind of climate disaster in the last two or three years. two years ago, the new york city subway system filled with salt water, you know? sandy was the lowest barometric
well, it was mandela's great accomplice, desmond tutu, who helped launch this new divestment effort. he said in this great video, he said, if you could see what climate change is doing to africa, the famine, the drought, you'd know why we'd ask you to pick up this tool again. africa is suffering unbelievable damage. africa burns less than one percent of the planet's fossil fuel. even if they turned off every engine and every light bulb and every other thing in africa, it wouldn't make any...
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predict prime minister thorning smith who posed for a selfie with brahm and david cameron at nelson mandelaed funeral service will be vanquished in denmark's upcoming election. bye-bye. >>> next on "newsroom," income inequality front and center again. while new cuts to the federal food stamp program are likely. uc president napolitano leads the u.s. olympic dell base to sochi, russia, and talks to the tension surrounding this year's games. >> all security precautions that can be taken are being taken. in a world where there are no guarantees. >>> drought poll tibs. plans to restore the san joaquin river under fire by republican lawmakers.
predict prime minister thorning smith who posed for a selfie with brahm and david cameron at nelson mandelaed funeral service will be vanquished in denmark's upcoming election. bye-bye. >>> next on "newsroom," income inequality front and center again. while new cuts to the federal food stamp program are likely. uc president napolitano leads the u.s. olympic dell base to sochi, russia, and talks to the tension surrounding this year's games. >> all security precautions...
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tavis: as i recall, mandela eulogized him. raiseher reason why i nelson mandela is we are just days away from his state funeral. your story about the lion king underscores for me what i think i have heard you express in a variety of ways already, that it is important for you, i sense, to find your way to the humanity in the story, whether it is to lion king or "12 years a slave", before you begin your process? >> it's the only thing we have. maybe i picked up on steve's words, this is a movie about love. i want everything to be about love, and to make a connection. we live in this day of the internet, so a lot of information is floating around really fast. a piece of my music comes out, and i see people writing about it on the internet, as if i'm having a conversation with them. we have never met, but somehow my music is communicating something to these people. very often, it really makes me feel something. what better job could there be in the world than touching somebody's heart? you are actually getting under their skin, in
tavis: as i recall, mandela eulogized him. raiseher reason why i nelson mandela is we are just days away from his state funeral. your story about the lion king underscores for me what i think i have heard you express in a variety of ways already, that it is important for you, i sense, to find your way to the humanity in the story, whether it is to lion king or "12 years a slave", before you begin your process? >> it's the only thing we have. maybe i picked up on steve's words,...
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let you go, we are going to do a tribute to nelson mandela. we know our presidents resident and former are on their way to south africa for this service. in the 90's you were the recipient of the reward. there is a u.s. recipient. there is a south african recipient. what did it mean to bear such a bears the name of nelson mandela? >> he is such an inspiration. basically the social justice part of leadership is so important, and he fit in. carries a that award great responsibility. he showed us his actions what leadership is about. we want to continue carrying on those leadership skills by action and leadership in action. in south africa the constitution when he was in office was that health care was a right. that was the first nation to put helped her in the constitution. >> coming up, a conversation with jeff henderson about his if you can see it, you can be it. no secretrson makes of the struggles he had in the past. book dealt with the challenges he has faced. now he has written a new book about the lessons he has learned. it is called, if
let you go, we are going to do a tribute to nelson mandela. we know our presidents resident and former are on their way to south africa for this service. in the 90's you were the recipient of the reward. there is a u.s. recipient. there is a south african recipient. what did it mean to bear such a bears the name of nelson mandela? >> he is such an inspiration. basically the social justice part of leadership is so important, and he fit in. carries a that award great responsibility. he...
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>> a lot of members have gone to south africa for the funeral services for nelson mandela as the president of the united states has, so they wouldn't vote on the deal until at least thursday, they hope to announce it tomorrow until they could move through the legislative machinery toward a thursday vote. but again, the longer disagreements go on the more risks you have that it could be delayed slightly, i still would expect in the end they will get it done this week. >> all right, john harwood reporting from washington, thank you, john joe a group of economists reporting stronger growth, they predict the economy will grow at a 2.8% prediction, higher than earlier estimates and we'll see job growth of about 200,000 a month in 2014. >>> and it is costing a little more to fill up the gas. according to the survey, the price is $3.28 a gallon nationwide, still ten cents lower than it was a year ago. >>> do you feel any wealthier these days? the federal reserve says you should, with the houses hitting a record high, next to the rising stock market adding it all up. u.s. households are now worth
>> a lot of members have gone to south africa for the funeral services for nelson mandela as the president of the united states has, so they wouldn't vote on the deal until at least thursday, they hope to announce it tomorrow until they could move through the legislative machinery toward a thursday vote. but again, the longer disagreements go on the more risks you have that it could be delayed slightly, i still would expect in the end they will get it done this week. >> all right,...
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scottt( shovel afer is here to the legacy left by nelson jf mandela. we had such a special uìc& did. you see tens -- we did. you see tens of thousands packing the coliseum. people are remembering the '80s and late '70s when berkeley and san francisco formed the hub of a movement that moved eastward. it was a real coalition of students,e1 labor, local officials, politicians, the all pressuring -- working together and pressuring the south african governmentcw3 to ultimately let mandela out of prison and then end apartheid. dellums was a key figure in that. he pretty much led the effortñrn congress it win federalÑi sanctions against south africa andq spoke at that event in &ñ1 at the oakland coliseum. we actually have a clip from that. let's take a p,look. [ applause ] the unions stoodxdñr up! the people of thisçó community over and over stood çóup! stand up!ot/ [ cheers and applause ] >> give yourselves a hand! we made history. >>xd you know, the Ñilpextraord thing is that dellums had introduced that time and again. whether it finally passed
scottt( shovel afer is here to the legacy left by nelson jf mandela. we had such a special uìc& did. you see tens -- we did. you see tens of thousands packing the coliseum. people are remembering the '80s and late '70s when berkeley and san francisco formed the hub of a movement that moved eastward. it was a real coalition of students,e1 labor, local officials, politicians, the all pressuring -- working together and pressuring the south african governmentcw3 to ultimately let mandela out...
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mandela. out of all the people you have been friends with and struggled with, what makes nelson mandela so uniquely different? >> the people i have been privileged to serve, nelson mandela was the one i least suspected i would ever come to me, personally. i tried several times when he was incarcerated, to gain the privilege of visiting him, but the system would not permit that. himarted corresponding with while he was in prison. i had come to be aware of him through my mentor, the man who i most admired, paul robeson. e was very close to king against thewas apartheid system in the early day of its presence in south africa. he was the first black man to ever receive the nobel prize. looking at south africa from that prison, i began to become more aware of what the african national congress was doing, and what the leadership was aspiring to do, to make the decisions that would help us fight the struggle that the south african people were fighting in resisting apartheid. >> is one thing to work a
mandela. out of all the people you have been friends with and struggled with, what makes nelson mandela so uniquely different? >> the people i have been privileged to serve, nelson mandela was the one i least suspected i would ever come to me, personally. i tried several times when he was incarcerated, to gain the privilege of visiting him, but the system would not permit that. himarted corresponding with while he was in prison. i had come to be aware of him through my mentor, the man who...
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by 1994 with a painstakingly dismantled, mandela was elected president. president obama said this. >> we lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. through his fooes fierce dignit will to sacrifice his free dop for others, he transformed south africa and moved all of us. >> nelson mandela, his country's george washington and abraham lincoln dead tonight. he was up there with gone did and churchill. >> not only a great leader for his country but such a role model for the world. >> absolutely. >> and he will sorely be missed. inspiring life story. thank you for watching "nightly business report." i'm susie gharib -- >> i'm tyler mathisen. thank you very much. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you in part by thestreet.com, up to the minute stock market news and in depth analysis. our quant rating service provides objective independent ratings daily on over 4300 stocks. learn more at the street.com/nbr. explore new worl
by 1994 with a painstakingly dismantled, mandela was elected president. president obama said this. >> we lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. through his fooes fierce dignit will to sacrifice his free dop for others, he transformed south africa and moved all of us. >> nelson mandela, his country's george washington and abraham lincoln dead tonight. he was up there with gone did and churchill....